Drier.



TJ. JUDBLSON.

DRIER. PPLIOATION FILED JAN. 21.1909.

Patented June 8, 1909.

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Application led January 21, 1909. Serial No. 473,503.

'To all whom it may concern:

Be, it known that l, JULIUS JUDnLsoN, a citizen of the United States of- America, residing at New York city, New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Driers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in driers, and has especial reference to the class of driers constituted of one or more drier frames ,adapted to supportthe articles to be dried, said' drier frames being movable into and out of a containing casing.

The invention contemplates the improvement of existing driers in numerous structural details, certain of which will bepointed out in comparison with the existing stilte of the art'.

Une object of the invention, and perhaps the most important one, is to facilitate the vreciprocation of the drier framein its casing. Heretofore the means generally em- A played for such movement of the frames consisted of overhead pipes upon which rollers, secured to the drier frames, were de signed to revolve. These overhead lpipes are usually of considerable lengthand weight, and are anchored in the ceiling or some other :fairly substantial supporti They are unsightly, and 0W' to the considerable weight placed thereon they frequently bend or tearloose from their retainingsupport necessitating `frequent and expensive repairs. Moreover such overhead pipes occupy space which could, as a rule, be more advantageously employed forV other pur' poses. Attempts have been heretofore made to eliminate these overhead pipes by supply .ing the lower part of the front door of the drier -trame with rollers, but this method has been entirely abandoned as a failure. The nonsuecess of this method of construction is due partly to the fact that owing' to uneven iioors the drier frameswould not run true and would frequently catch in being drawn out. of or pushed baclr` into the casing, and partly to the fact that considerable heat was permitted 'to escape from the casing when 'one of the frames was drawn out.

7lscvercome the several lobjectionable teatures above pointed out, by providing a sim- Specieation of Letters Patent.

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ple and eflicient drier frame suspension system, contained within the casing, whereby the drier frames may be smoothly and easily moved out of and into the casing, eliminating all overhead pipes, and causing the drier frame to run absolutely true. In general terms, the mechanism for accomplishingathis consists of suitable supporting means, such as upper and lower T-rails, upon which ball bearing rollers run, the latter being held and guided by flexible curved arms secured to the drierframes. In addition to these fea'- tures-I also prefer to provide upon the front ydoor of each drier frame a suitable ball bearing roller which is both vertically and horizontally adjustable,y whereby the roller may be so fixed as to allow for any unevenness or inequalities of the .floor and still run smoothly.

Another object of my invention` is to prevent the escape of heat iroln the interior oi the casing when one or more of the drier 'f1-anios are d 'awn out therefrom. A drier 'frameconsists oflafront and rear upright, door,` or section, several feet apart, carrying spaced clothes supporting and drying pipes, upon which the articles to be dried are suspended. As now constructed the front door is considerablyl wider than the rear door or section. due to the fact. that the frames Wabb'le" orfinterferewith each other when pushed 'in or out, and unless the rear sec tions lwere narrower than the front sections, the 'frames would catch when moved. As

u` result, when a frame is pulled out of the\.-

casingits entire length, the rear door or sectionr does not coverl ythe entire width which had been theretofore occupied or spanned by the front door and hence a very considenable quantity of heat is permitted'tofescnphy atv .both longitudinal edges of the rear door.

` According to my invention, both the front and rear doors of the frame are made precisely the same width, and I am enabled to do this because of the fact that, when einploying` the suspension system above referred to, the drier frames run absolutely true,

no one encroaching on, or interfering with,

the other, 'and `Jihen the ralnes are drawn only. or pushed 1n they run 1n a perfectly straight line, so that when a frame 1s drawn ont its entire length the rear door will extend the entire Width theretot'ore occupied b v the front door and completely prevent escape of heat troni the drier. It has also been eustoniary to provide a wooden guide bar at the front of the drier, which bar was perforated to receive and guide the lower most pipe in eaeh drier iframe. )wing to the high degree ot heat developed within the drier, these wooden bars were a source of danger from tire, and another object of niy invention is to eliminate the use of a har ot' 4this hind, the same becoming superfluous when luy suspension system iseniployed.

Other objects of my invention, and the details oi? construction thereot will become; ap )arent troni the following deseription by ar of the aeronipanying drawings, where inlignre l is a side elevational view ot a drier, having one side wall of the easing removed lo show the interior construction, one drier frame being partly drawn out et, and the other entirely within, the easing; Fig. 2 is a side elevational view, parts being shown in Section, of the flexible upperl arm and roller secured to the traine; Fig. il is a rear elevational view of the strurture shown in Fig. Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the roller adapted /to be secured to the bottoni of the front, door or section; Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 5-5 oit' Fig. l; and Fig. 6 is a rear elevational view of Fig. Ll.

In the embodiment of the invention herein illustrated, lrdesignates a preferably rec; tangnlar casing having heating coils 2 beneath the saine, the lower wall 3 of the casing being construeted as a screen, the heat troni the Coils 2 passing upwardly therethrough and the drippings from the articles beingl dried falling through the saine.

Designed t0 be, contained within the casing, and to be reeiproeated relatively there to, are a plurality of drier `trames, eaeh of the stern of the T extending upwardly. Se;

eared near the upper party of each rear upright 5 is a comparatively short bitureated bar l0 (Figs. 2 and which supports a ball bearing roller 1l designed ,to run on the T rail 8. The roller ll. is mounted upon a spindle l2 which is engaged by the bifurcated iexible arin 13. jointed approximately at. its iniddle through tlieinediuni ol nut. and bolt` l-l and having its other end 'l5 suitably secured to one oi the drier pipes tl. 'l`he rollers and arnis just described torni a flexible suspension device. which assists in the haelt and l'orth movement of the drier traint-s. In addition to the susptnision de vice l also provide what may be termed an auxiliary supportingl wsteni Avvliioh consists at a roller li" carried i the lower ond of eaeb upright said r running en the lower IT-rails .l. laeb roller lf( is bril bear-- ing and mounted on a t-pindlo lE- vv" engaged by a curved .'n'in l). jointed at Ztl and :Secured at :El to one ortho drier pipes (i. rThere no newssity lor p2' dini'r; in oonnection with the lower rollers` el r` ljmru lt`. such as used in emineetion with the upper rollers, but i1 extra heavy drier frames are, ust-d,y l may it' desirable. :."o use such z-lliorl bars 'lll in Connection with tbe lower rollers.

ln thoi'ront wall ot' the casing l l. i'novide additional rollers 2l vertically adjustable in angle irons QQ. These rollers are also ball bearing and aet in the nature ot guides during the forward and baelrivard travel ot the drier trames.

Retcrrinsr now to Figs. 't to G a detailed description will be =given of the rollers used on the lower part ot the front doors or uprights. Secured by bolts 22% or other suitable fastening means near the lower end of each troni door t is a casting il provided with two inwardly extending channel 'trames Q3 longitudinally slotted at 2b. These trames serve to support cars 2T each of which has a slotl QS in which the spindleI Q5) ot ay ball bearing roller 3l may be nioyed up or down and secured therein by means ot nuts and 3l, additional nuts 32 serving to `nold the plates 32B of the roller against the balls ill of the hall bearings 535i. The ears are provided with rear plates Sb turned at. right angles to the ears 2T and these' rear plates are designed to abut, against the ebannel frames 25 and to be secured thereto by bolts 23T passing through )erforations in tho platea 355 and into the silots 25 in the 'frames El. Through the nudiuni ot; the slots 25 the ,"-allers Slt) may be adjusted vertically to 'a greater or less distance troni the floor and through the rear plates 8G and slotted frames .25 they niay be inclined troni the horizontal. and bolted in such inclined p0- sition, in this manner causing the roller 30 to aeemnniodate itseltf to the irregularities and inequalities of the tloor upon which it is to run.

l desire it 4to be understood thaty my invention not limited lo the precise details of construction herein described and trated. and that Various modifications with in the scope of the appended elanns, may be lfltl lila "introduced, without departing from the.,

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spirit of the invention. I

Having thusdescribed my' invention-.what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentisz- 1. In a drier of the character described.

- the combination with a casing, of a plurality .or drier frames reci rocable therein, flexible arms carried by sai frames, and means for supporting and guiding said arms, vsubstantially as described.

2. In a drier of'the character described, the combination with a casing, of upper and lower. guide rails therein, a plurality of drier frames reciprocable within the casing, the iexible arms -carried by the frames and adapted to be Guided and supported by the rails,substantia ly as described.

3. In a drier-of the character described, the combination with a casing, of T-rails at the upper and lower parts therein, a plurality of drier frames reciprocable within the casing, flexible arms carried by the frames, and a roller on each said flexible arm designed to travel on one of the said T-rails, substantially as described.

4. In a drier ofthecharacter described, the combination with alcasin of T-rails at the upper vand lower parts t erein, said T- rails being directed toward each other, a plurality of drier :trames reciprocable Within the casing, flexible armscarried by said drier frames, and a roller lon each said arm designed to travel on one lof the lr-rails, substantially as described.

5. In a drier. of the character described, the combination with a casing, of T-rails extending longitudinally thereof within the same, a plurality 'of drier frames adapted to be reciprocated Within the casing, 'a roller carried by each drier frame. adapted to travel on one of the T-rails,la'nd a bifurrated., j ol'ntedQ arm extending upwardly from the drier frameto the roller and engaging the s indld" ort' the latter, substantially as` descri ed. I. ,j

(S. In a drier-ofthe character described, the combination Weth a casing', of upper T-rails and lower T-rails extending longitudinally of the Vtasing within the saine, afplurality of drier frames adapted to 'be reciprocated within-:the casing, a ballbearing roller carried by each drierframe near its upper andl lower part, respectively, said rollers bearing upon' .said l' -rails, and a flexible jointed arm extending from each wdrier frame into engagement with spindle Fof each roller, substantially as described.

7. In a drier ofthe character described, the combination witha. casing, of upper T-rails and lower T-rails extending longitudinally of the easing within the sam e, upper and lower vertically adjustable rollers in the front wall of the casing, a pluralityo last .name

drier frames adapted to be reciprocated within the casing, rollers carried by said drier frames adapted to run on the T-rails, and jointed arms extending from said drier frames into engagement with 'thespindles of said last named rollers, substantially as described.-

8. ln a drier of the character dcsci'ibei', the combination with a casing, of upper T-rails and lower T-rails extending longitudinally thereof within the casing, a plurality of drier frames adapted to be reciprocated within the casing, short bar secured to the rear upper part of'each drier frame, a ball bearing roller mounted in said short bar and designed to travel upon one of the upper T-rails, a flexible jointed arm extending from the upper part of the drier frame into engagement with the spindle of said roller, an additional roller carried by each drier frame near its lower end, said roller being adapted to travel upon one of the lower T-rails, and a jointed arm extending from the lower part of the drier frame `into engagement with` the spindle of the roller carried thereby, substantially as described.

9. In a drierof the character described, the combination with a casing, of a plurality of drier frames each of which comprises a front section, a rear section and drier bars held therebetween, means for suspending the drier frames Awithin the casing, and a verti- 'call and horizontally adjustable roller carri near the lowerend of the front section of each drier frame, substantially as' described.

l0. In a drier of the character described, the combination with a casing, of upper T-rails and lower T-rails extending longitudinally of the .casing within the same, a

plurality of drier :frames veach comprising.

a front section, rear section and drier bars held therebetween, rollers carried byi the drier frames to" travel on 'the upper and lower T-rails, and an addi ional vertically and horizontally adjustable rol-ler carried near the lower end of each front section, said roller bein designed to travel on the lfloor, substantie l, as described.

.11. Ina drier of the c aracter described,- the combination with a casing, and means therein for su porting and guiding drier frames, of a p urality of drier frames each comprising a 'fronts section, a rear section and drier bars held therebetween, channel frames secured near the lower, end of each front section, ears .adapted to be secured to said channel.l frames, and a vertically. and

horizontally adjustable roller held in said ears, substantially as described.

the combination with a casing and means therein for supporting and guiding drler 4125 12. In a drier of the character described,

frames, of a plurality of drier frames each able in die slot formed in, Sad eur5,-snb comprising :1 frontseuion, a, rear section st'nntially as described.

and drier bars held therebetweein slotted In testimony whereof I have, :ziiixcd my channel frames secured near the lower end signature in presence of two Witnesses.

of each front section, slotted ears having JULUS JUDELSON- rear plates adapted to abuty against and be secured in adjusted position to said channel frames, and a roller carried by, and adjust- 'Vitnesses OTTO MUM;7 CLAmssA FRANCK. 

